Re: [IRCA] TPs from Orcas Island: Sept 2: Best Yet!

[vroomski@xxxxxxxxxxx]

John, 

The Korean stand off on 1053 kHz was heard here the other morning.
PALs list shows DPR Korea with // 2850 service. It seemed // to me
the other morning, but the signal was weak and hard to tell for sure.
Next time you hear 1053 audio you might check 2850.

Dennis,
Salmon Creek, WA
Home of a 2.5 ft alligator


---- Original Message ----- 
From: "John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: "irca-hard-core-dx.com" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:26:54 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: [IRCA] TPs from Orcas Island: Sept 2: Best Yet! 

Dawn today brought an outstanding East Asian morning, though like 
most so far, there wasn't much before 30 minutes prior to LSR and 
things dropped like a rock about 1325, a few minutes before LSR. 

The lower half of the band was full of mostly threshold level audio, 
with 42 stations noted at that level or above. The upper half was 
reasonably populated with 21 stations breaking into audio.  The 
aggregate 63 is well above the other excellent morning a few days ago 
(around 50.) 

It was almost all Asian for me, with just a few hints of DU on 612 
and maybe 1512.  Probably the strongest station of the morning was 
HLAZ on 1566, which I thought was still somewhat under-modulated, but 
it had a HUGE signal. In general, stations on or near the Korean 
peninsula seemed to be doing particularly well. 

Some of the more interesting notations: 

666 NHK2 Osaka was putting in the first audio of the year 

837 had two Asian stations doing moderate 8-level well. I don't 
recognize Korean instantly, unless it is coming in well. However, I 
don't think that the dom. here was Korean... I think that it was 
either Taiwanese or Fujian dialect. I've been chasing the new station 
that Alan Davies reported as a new CNR Service to Taiwan about 18 
months ago... this may have been it. I'm pretty sure that this was 
not Harbin News Channel (that was the weaker one??) unless an 
all-news station has begun playing pop ballads fairly soon after TOH. 

873 and 891's NHKs were doing especially well. 

918 The Shandong News multi transmitters were back with a nice echo, 
but just above threshold. 

963 (Russian), 1017 (Korean) and 1044 (Japanese) were the CNR Foreign 
Language Services all doing fairly well. This is more usual at mid-season. 

1053 There were two Asian audios here early. In the past, I've always 
heard the Japanese, JOAR, Nagoya. I've noticed recently that Guy has 
been hearing the North Korean broadcasting station here (which I 
never have). I bet that I heard them both this morning. Later, the 
Jammer and one Asian were occupying the channel. 

The most interesting high band stations were the NHK synchros on 1188 
and 1386, in just above threshold levels. Again, more of a mid-season 
phenomenon. 

So, I think that the traditional September 1 start of the Northern 
Hemisphere FALL SEASON was right on the mark this year. BRAVO!!! 

John Bryant 
Orcas Island, WA, USA 
Winradio G313e and various Ultralights 
Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops 

_______________________________________________ 
IRCA mailing list 
IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca 

Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers 

For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org 

To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
_______________________________________________
IRCA mailing list
IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers

For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org

To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx